Pokémon: I Choose You, Pikachu!
Volume 1
The first volume of the Pokémon animated daily TV series is available now on home video from Viz Video and Pioneer! In Episode 1, Ash sets off to see the world with Pikachu in tow, and runs straight into trouble. In Episode 2, Ash travels to the Pokémon Center, only to run into the bad guys called Team Rocket: Jessie, James and Meowth! In Episode 3, Ash and his friend Misty travel deep into the green depths of the Viridian Forest in search of Pokémon and find the creepy-cute Caterpie and Pidgeotto!
Pokémon: The Mystery of Mt. Moon
Volume 2
Get ready for the extraordinary characters and unlimited possibilities of Pokémon! You've seen these 150 transforming, collectible creatures in the hit video game and TV series; now join in the fun and adventure on home video! Will 10-year-old Ash become the World's Greatest Pokémon Trainer with the help of his Pokémon Pikachu? Each video is packed with special extras such as mini-comics and stickers.
Contains episodes 4-6 of the TV series! It's fighting time! Ash meets his first real opponent, Samurai, and pits everything he's got against Samurai's Pokémon arsenal. Next, Ash heads for Pewter Town, where he encounters Brock! Can the feather-weight Pikachu defeat Onyx, who outweighs him by ten tons? Then it's time for an expedition to Mt. Moon in search of the rare Clefairy Pokémon and its mysterious Metronome power!
Contains three complete episodes, each volume in English, approx. 75 mins. Also includes mini-comic and trading cards. Co-released and distributed by Pioneer. $14.98 US.
Pokémon: The Sisters of Cerulean City
Volume 3
Even more Pokémon excitement! Contains episodes 7-9 of the hit TV series! Misty challenges Ash to a duel on her home turf-the Cerulean City swimming pool! Will Ash and Pikachu make a big splash, or are they in out of their depth? Get ready, get wet, go! Then Ash meets A.J., a freelance Pokémon trainer who puts him through his paces. But if Ash thinks training is tough, he hasn't been to the Pokémon Institute, where recess isn't over 'till there's only one Pokémon left standing!
Contains three complete episodes, each volume in English, approx. 75 mins. Also includes mini-comic. Co-released and distributed by Pioneer. $14.98 US.
Pokémon: Poké-Friends
Volume 4
Ash and his friends discover a spa for wounded Pokémon that is guarded by a brave Bulbasaur. Can Ash and Bulbasaur protect the spa from Team Rocket's evil plans? Ash finds an abandoned Charmander and both of them learn a lesson in loyalty. Finally, Ash runs into A gang of delinquent Squirtle that have united with Team Rocket to cause trouble... Will Team Rocket ever go straight?
Contains TV Episodes: Bulbasaur and the Hidden Village, CharmanderThe Stray Pokémon, and Here Comes The Squirtle Squad. 75 mins. $14.98 US
Pokémon: Thunder Shock!
Volume 5
When Pokémon evolve, they are almost always stronger than before, and for Ash to win a Thunder-badge, Pikachu must defeat its evolved form, Raichu! It's a clash of lightning and pride! Later, Ash, Misty and Brock embark on a pleasure cruise aboard the SS. Anne accompanied by other Pokémon and their trainers, but something seems wrong. Can the Cruise be a Team Rocket plot?!
Contains TV Episodes: Mystery At The Lighthouse, Electric Shock Showdown, and Battle Aboard the SS. Anne. 75 mins. $14.98 US
Seaside Pikachu
Volume 6
When the SS. Anne sinks, Ash and friends are trapped on the sunken ship with Team Rocket! After they escape, they end up on the Island of Giant Pokémon, and when they are rescued, there's no rest when Port Blue is attacked by Tentacool and Tentacruel!
Psychic Surprise
Volume 7
James and Brock are haunted by the ghost of a mysterious girl, and Ash faces his toughest opponent when he must match wits with Sabrina, the psychic Pokémon expert. Plus, Butterfree migrates!
Primeape Problems
Volume 8
Ash is trying for the Marsh Badge, but ghost Pokémon are Ash's only hope for defeating Sabrina! Unfortunately, that means that Ash has to convince a free-spirited and practical joke-loving Haunter Pokémon to helpwill The joke be on Ash? Plus, Ash comes face to face with A fighting Pokémon with an attitude problemMankey! Will Ash ever get his hat back or will his problems evolve into something bigger?
Fashion Victims
Volume 9
Ash needs help to get into the sweet-smelling Celadon Gym, so he turns to Team Rocket for help!? Then, all the town's kids are acting like Pokémon! Will Psyduck be a help or a big headache? Next, a beautiful Pokémon breeder is Brock's dream girl, but she's being driven out of business by the latest Pokémon fashions courtesy of Team Rocket! Which will win in the end, style or substance?
Fighting Tournament
Volume 10
When Team Rocket steals a Hitmonlee and enters the Fighting Pokémon Tournament, it will be up to Ash, Primeape, and Pikachu to fight for justice against their sticky tricks! Later, a Magnemite thinks that love is the best medicine for Pikachu's electric flu. Will Pikachu agree? Finally, Pokémon trainers are recruited to capture the Digletts that keep wrecking a dam, including Ash's rival Gary! Will we see a showdown between trainers, or will the Digletts win in the end?
The Great Race
Volume 11
PONYTA TO THE RESCUE! Ash tries to get the soul badge at Fuchsia Gym, but the gym is a ninja mansion full of treacherous traps! Then, devious racer Dario has rigged the Pokemon race with his sabotage, wounding the front-runner Lara! Contains TV episodes: The Ninja Poke-Showdown, The Flame Pokemon--Athon! The Kangaskhan Kid. Suitable for all ages.
Pikachu Party
Volume 12
A PLETHORA OF PIKACHU! Biking across a long bridge reunites Jessie and James with their old bicycle gang, but can Ash and his friends withstand the reunion? Next, meet the world's greatest Pokemon impersonator Duplica and her incompetent Ditto! Contains TV episodes: The Bridge Bike Gang, Ditto's Mysterious Mansion, and Pikachu's Goodbye. Suitable for all ages.
Wake Up Snorlax!
Volume 13
When young Mikey is pressured by his big brothers to evolve his Eevee before it's ready, it is up to Ash, Pikachu and friends to teach a Pokémon lesson. Then, Snorlax takes a nap in the spring that supplies a town with water! Can anybody wake him up!? And finally, when two Pokémon gyms brawl for the right to become an offical gym, Ash, Misty, Brock and their Pokémon are caught in the middle. Which side will they take, and how is Team Rocket involved in all this?
Jigglypuff Pop
Volume 14
An incompetent magician is using Exeggcute to hypnotize his audience into thinking he is world famous. Ash and his friends have to teach the magician right from wrong before they get hypnotized too! When a kind, beautiful girl cures Meowth's sickness using her homemade remedy, it falls for her and tries to help her evolve her cowardly Paras. Can Meowth be a hero even though it's a villain? Finally, Jigglypuff puts on a concert in the "Town That Never Sleeps!"
Charizard
Volume 15
Jurassic Pokémon. Plunged into a mysterious cave, Ash, Pikachu and Team Rocket find Pokémon from prehistoric times! And what's that egg!? Pikachu is sick and the Pokémon center is closed! Will the human doctor soften his heart in time to save Pikachu? Plus, is James really a millionaire's son? Why does he hang out with the continually poor Team Rocket?
Totally Togepi
Volume 16
Ash tries to catch the extremely rare Farfetch'd, but while he is trying to add to his collection, who is trying to rob him blind? Then the mysterious Pokémon egg that As has been carrying hatches, and leads to an all-out contest to see who gets to train Togepi! Plus, Bulbasaur goes to he garden of seed Pokémon: Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur! Will Bulbasaur be forced to evolve against its wishes?
Picture Perfect
Volume 17
Team Rocket has taken control of Police-officer Jenny's Arcanine corps!? What will Ash and his friends do? Then, shake hands with Snap, the world's best Pokemon photographer! Later, Ash learns that he can enter the Pokemon league if he passes a Pokemon exam! How much Poke-trivia does Ash really know? Plus, meet Team Rocket members Butch and Cassidy! Do Jessy, James and Meowth have even worse enemies than Ash?
Water Blast
Volume 18
Ash, Pikachu and friends travel to Cinnabar Island to find the Pokemon gym, but the whole island has become a tourist trap! Can Ash track down the hidden gym? Then, it's a battle between Magmar and Charizard with the Volcano Badge at stake! And, can Ash solve the mystery of the sleeping turtle Pokemon before Team Rocket steals the island's only Blastoise? Plus, Misty is the star of the Cerulean Gym's underwater play! But Team Rocket are playing the too-real villains!
Our Hero Meowth
Volume 19
Neither Misty nor Jessie have ever owned princess dolls, but now the winner of an all-girl Pokémon tournament takes home the priceless Pokémon Princess Collection! Then, a little boy knows which is the bravest, most honorable Pokémon in the world: Meowth!? Plus, Misty is the star of the Cerulean Gym's underwater play, but the show's villains are the notorious Team Rocket!
The Final Badge
Volume 20
The Clefairy have a flying saucer and they've kidnapped Pikachu to power it! As and UFO expert Professor Orville team up to investigate! Then, it's a showdown for the eight and final badge - the Earth Badge! But after this gym leader defeated Gary, how can Ash hope to win? Plus, on the way home to Pallet Town, Ash and his friends visit the Pokémon Circus. But the main attraction, Mr. Mine, is giving the worst show on Earth!
The PO-KE Corral!
Volume 21
When a Jynx gets lost, Ash and his friends have to escort it back home...to Santa's workshop!? And what grudge does Jessie hold against the jolly old elf? Then, Ash gets lost in a blizzard! Can he make it through with only his Pokemon to help? Plus, it's Ash versus Gary in a contest to see who is the better Pokemon trainer - but can Professor Oak's lab survive the contest?
Hang Ten, Pikachu
Volume 22
Ash, Misty and Brock go to the seaside to find out the Pokémon secret: what it is that makes a Slowpoke evolve into a Slowbro! Then, Ash's training takes him to the beaches where he and Pikachu meet a surfer dude, and a surfer Pikachu!? Then, Ash and his friends help a struggling greenhouse beat bankruptcy and beat Team Rocket at the same time!
Show Time!
Volume 23
A famous director is making a Pokemon movie, but who's going to be the star? Can Psyduck get top bill-ing? Then, it's off to Hollywood for the big premiere, but Meowth's been there before! See the long-awaited origin of Meowth, and find out why it can speak! Plus, Bruno is one of the Elite Four and an expert in ground Pokemon, but can even he stop a rampaging Onix?
Into the Arena
Volume 24
Ash and his friends dig up some unusual artifacts that come from an ancient culture, but can anybody stop the gigantic Gengar they have awakened? Then, the training is over, and it's off to the Indigo League, but Ash can't take part if somebody steals his Pokemon badges! Plus, the Indigo League has a long tradition of carrying the torch with the undying flame, but Team Rocket is determined to put it out!
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